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| fracture with no open skin wound; also called a simple fracture |
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| fracture with an open skin wound; also called an open fracture |
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| fracture with loss of height in vertebral body; often from osteoporosis |
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| slight fracture caused by repetitive low-impact forces like running |
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| decrease in bone mass; results in thinning and weakening of bones; porous bone easily fractures |
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| caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency; results in bone deformities like bowed legs |
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| softening of bones caused by calcium deficiency; caused in children with insufficient sunlight and vitamin D |
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congenital anomaly; vertebra fails to fully form around spinal cord
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| narrowing of spinal canal; causes pressure on spinal cord and nerves |
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| inflammation of bursa at base of great toe |
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| results in degeneration of bone and joints; bone rubs against bone |
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| Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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| autoimmune inflammation of joints with swelling, stiffness, pain; results in joint deformities |
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| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) |
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autoimmune disease of connective tissue affecting many systems including joints; looks like rheumatoid arthritis
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